Stars: Ardal O'Hanlon, Dermot Morgan, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Summary: More episodes from the second series.

Sure to please devout fans, this FATHER TED collection features five episodes from the second season. The series follows the continuing comedic exploits of three Irish priests and their fiesty housekeeper, who are all exiled to the Parochial House on Craggy Island for general incompetence. Episodes include: "The Plague," "New Jack City," "Rock a Hula Ted," "Flight into Terror," and "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading."

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Among the five episodes collected here are two of Father Ted's finest half-hours. "Rock-A-Hula Ted" was one of the few episodes in which the writers of the show abandoned any concern for their largely British audience and stacked the script with explicitly Irish references: Craggy Island's "Lovely Girls" festival is a burlesque of the all-too-genuine "Rose Of Tralee" pageant, and fire-breathing pop singer Niamh Connolly--played with aplomb by Clare Grogan--an obvious enough Sinead O'Connor manqué.

"New Jack City", meanwhile is the classic episode in which the choleric Father Jack is finally despatched to an old folks' loony bin only to be replaced by the mesmerisingly appalling ragga-fixated chain-smoker Father Fintan Stack. As one of the high points of the Father Ted series this episode is also one of the high points of television comedy. There isn't much wrong with the other three episodes here, either.

On the DVD: an interactive menu allows the selection of individual episodes, and segments within those episodes. The only extra feature is the option of watching the episodes with the dialogue replaced with a commentary by co-writer Graham Linehan and actor Ardal O'Hanlon, who plays Father Dougal Maguire. Occasionally interesting and revealing though this is, it gets rapidly wearing in this form, and would have worked much better if transcribed in an accompanying booklet. The disc is presented in 4:3 aspect ratio with English subtitles available.--Andrew Mueller

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary - 1. Graham Linehan - Writer and Ardal O' Hanlon - Star
Year:	1996
Release Date:	February 25, 2002
Runtime:	119 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	V C D 0202
Keywords:	Father, Comedy, Ted, General, Series, Part, Tv
Genre:	Comedy